Balkans citizens need permit for visa-free Schengen zone

Media, prospective travellers must make on-line application

(ANSAmed) - Belgrade, October 20 - Under a European
Commission proposal, citizens of the western Balkans will in
future have to apply for permission to travel within the
borderless Schengen area even though their countries are part of
the visa-free scheme, Serbian media reported on Friday.
Under the new regime permission will be given electronically
on compilation of an on-line form within a maximum of 72 hours
of making the application.
People considered to be a security threat to the European
Union will be denied entry. (ANSAmed)